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# sandgrouse

«sandgrouse» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bird of dry, sandy places in Africa and Asia, related…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sandgrouse, sandgrouse or sandgrouses)

### meaning for a pupil

A bird of dry, sandy places in Africa and Asia, related to pigeons, with sandy-coloured feathers that hide it on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, sandgrouse are famous because the males soak their belly feathers in water at a pool and fly many kilometres back to carry water to their chicks in the desert. They are an example of an animal adapted to dry habitats. Phrases: a flock of sandgrouse, desert sandgrouse.

### examples

- Sandgrouse live in deserts and dry grasslands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x1)
- A male sandgrouse carries water to its chicks in its belly feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x2)
- The sandgrouse's colours match the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x3)
- We watched a video of sandgrouse flying to a waterhole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x4)
- Sandgrouse are related to pigeons, not to grouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x5)
- A flock of sandgrouse landed by the pool at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/#x6)

### note

Plural usually "sandgrouse" (same as singular). Despite the name, sandgrouse are not true grouse. One word.

### In the corpora

- [Male sandgrouse soak their belly feathers at a waterhole and fly many kilometres back to their chicks, which drink from the wet feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sandgrouse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandgrouse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.